Military History Books

Book SynopsisOffers a new way to understand military-media relations during World War II. The press and public opinion shaped not only how the conflict was seen but also how it was fought. Alexander Lovelace demonstrates that the US military repeatedly discovered that the best effects resulted from accurate news stories.Table of Contents Series Editor's Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Prologue: The Media and Total War 1. "You Shoot Bullets with Your Typewriters 2. "I Shall Return" 3. "Pitiless Publicity" 4. "War in a Museum" 5. The Liberation of France 6. The Press of Prestige Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOver the course of World War II, guerrillas from across the Philippines opposed Imperial Japan’s occupation of the archipelago. By examining the motivations, capabilities, and operations of the guerrillas, James Villanueva argues that the guerrillas were effective because Japanese punitive measures pushed the population to support the guerrillas.Trade Review"As the American military returns to a focus on large-scale combat operations after two decades of irregular warfare, James Villanueva has created a revealing study about a successful application of compound warfare, where guerrilla forces made major contributions to a conventional campaign. He provides a valuable reminder that war often involves a combination of both approaches."—Conrad C. Crane, author of Cassandra in Oz: Counterinsurgency and Future War"James A. Villanueva tosses out Hollywood myths and digs into a rich array of untapped sources to examine a critical moment in World War II. More so than any previous scholar, Villanueva puts the experience of Filipino guerrillas at the center of his story. Based on intense research in previously untapped sources, Awaiting MacArthur’s Return is a work that will endure for decades."—Christopher Capozzola, professor of history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of Bound by War: How the United States and the Philippines Built America's First Pacific CenturyTable of Contents List of Maps and Tables List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Beginning of Resistance: Blackout and Establishment of Guerrilla Groups in the Philippines 2. The Allied Intelligence Bureau and the Philippine Regional Section 3. "Quarreling among Themselves": SWPA and Guerrilla Conflicts 4. Setbacks and Successes: The Guerrillas from 1943 to 1944 5. Guerrilla Logistics and Administration 6. Guerillas Rising: The Guerrillas during the Liberation of the Philippines Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBy taking a closer look at what we thought we knew, William Shkurti persuasively demonstrates how combat units still in harm’s way adapted to the challenges before them and soldiered on in a war everyone else wanted to be over. In doing so, he also suggests a context to better understand the challenges that may lie ahead.Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables Preface List of Abbreviations Part One: The Siege 1. Winding Down 2. Proud Americans 3. Sappers in the Wire 4. Bad Omen 5. Sky Troopers 6. ARNVs, BUFFS, and Other Friends 7. Incoming 8. Confusion on the Ground 9. Welcome to Prime Time 10. Under New Management 11. Leave No One Behind 12. Whiskey and Kool-Aid Part Two: The Soldiers 13. The Grunts 14. Artillery and Other Combat Support Troops 15. Beyond Pace 16. Soldiering On in MR I 17. REMFs, Fraggers, Dopers, Slackers and Other Losers 18. Follow Me 19. A Thousand Calley's? Part Three: The Press 20. Boyle vs. the Powers That Be 21. The Press and the White House 22. The Press and the M-Word Part Four: The Bigger Picture 23. South Vietnamese Allies 24. North Vietnamese Allies 25. Vietnamese Verdun 26. Pace as History 27. Lessons Learned? 28. Conclusions: A Difficult End to a Long War Epilogue Appendix A: Order of Battle MR III--U.S. Forces, Fall 1971 Appendix B: Order of Battle MR III--North and South Vietnamese Forces Appendix C: Inspector General's Report, October 11, 1971 Appendix D: Fact Sheet, Fire Support Base Pace Incident, October 22, 1971 Appendix E: Letter from Senator Kennedy to SP4 Al Grana, October 18, 1971 Appendix F: Letter from MG Donnelly Bolton to SP4 John P. White Appendix G: Valorous Unit Award for Extraordinary Heroism to the 2/32d Field Artillery and Attached Units, July 3, 1972 Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFrom the first shot fired by his grandfather on a jungle trail in 1903 to the day his father captured plans for the Chinese invasion of South Korea, William Crawford Woods’s family has fought in nearly every American war of the twentieth century. Drawing on letters, journals, official records, and other artifacts, Woods has revived their stories.Trade Review"Stand in the Fire is masterfully written, gripping from beginning to end, and deeply moving. Since the book deals with family history, it could easily have become sentimental and self-indulgent. It never does, however, thanks to the verve and elegance of Woods’s prose and his ability to present his grandfather, uncle, and father as real and engaging characters. In this regard, his decision to use fictional scenes in the service of nonfiction—a la Norman Mailer and Truman Capote, among others—proves an inspired choice and one that enlivens the manuscript in countless ways."—Steven Trout, author of The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire: War, Remembrance, and an American Tragedy"William Woods’s Stand in the Fire serves best as a magnificently written time capsule of a different America. In this historically based work of creative nonfiction, Woods tells the stories of his forefathers: men who served in times of war, their transformation in donning the uniform, and their incomplete return to civility—if they were fortunate enough to return at all. The reader will rightly marvel at this family’s experiences. Ultimately, Woods subtly demands the reader consider whether the society that created millions of such families, and such men, still exists; or if it should at all."—Paul Darling, author of Taliban Safari: One Day in the Surkhagan Valley"A most personable kind of history guided by the spirit of deep curiosity. Woods’s voice is measured and engaging, full of sentiment without being sentimental, and aptly critical without being dismissive. We are doubly lucky that his family saved so much in attic trunks and that it fell into Woods’s hands. His enviable talent brings these stories, and this slice of American history, to life."—Alex Vernon, author of most succinctly bred and Hemingway’s Second War: Bearing Witness to the Spanish Civil WarTable of Contents List of Illustrations Preparing the Battlespace A House Older Than Canada, a Skirmish on the Trail “The Army Is No Place for a Soldier Captain Louis Crawford Goes Looking for a Wa The Final Seal Colonel William Crawford and the Battle for the Philippines Waiting for the Storm Major A. R. Woods and the World of the Secret War After Action Report Rumors and Random Intelligence Notes and Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisIn this first of three planned volumes for the University Press of Kansas’s Constitutional Thinking series, Mark Graber aims to restore to contemporary memory the Fourteenth Amendment drafted by those Republican and Unionist members of Congress who supported congressional reconstruction.Trade ReviewIn meticulous detail Mark Graber shows how in the run-up to the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment congressional Republicans shaped the provisions eventually written into that provision with an eye to ensuring control of the government by unionists, which is to say Republicans. He reorients our understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment away from the rights it undoubtedly guarantees to the political effects its framers sought to achieve, among which were unionist control of state governments so that rights could be protected. Though today we do not pay much attention to the sections of the Fourteenth Amendment its framers cared most about, Graber’s arguments tell us a great deal about how we should understand what constitutions actually do." - Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law emeritus, Harvard Law School, and author of The Constitution of the United States of America: A Contextual Analysis"Mark Graber has opened our eyes not only to a lost history of the Fourteenth Amendment, but also to its Framers’ central purpose. They sought to create the conditions for a democratic politics that would protect and empower people, both Black and white, who had remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War. This brilliant book, part of a projected multi-volume series, teaches that the way we shape our political institutions is every bit as important as abstract guarantees of constitutional rights." - Jack M. Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law SchoolTable of Contents Text of Amendment XIV (1868) Series Foreword Acknowledgments A Preface to the Forgotten Fourteenth Amendment Series Introduction: Three Republican Soloists and the Republican Chorus 1. The Exclusion Debate 2. The Problem of Rebel Rule 3. Protecting and Empowering the Loyal 4. Guarantees 5. To Colorado and Beyond Conclusion: Rebels, Loyalists, and Racial Equality Appendixes Table A.1: House Votes on the Fourteenth Amendment, the Exclusion Resolution, and Statehood for Colorado and Nebraska Table A.2: Senate Votes on the Fourteenth Amendment, the Exclusion Resolution, and Statehood for Colorado and Nebraska Table A.3: References to “:Rebel” and “Loyal” in the House of Representatives Table A.4: References to “Rebel” and “Loyal” in the Senate Table A.5: References Paired with “Rebel” in the Thirty-Ninth Congress, First Session: All Table A.6: References Paired with “Rebel” in the Thirty-Ninth Congress, First Session: Opponents of the Fourteenth Amendment Table A.7: Conditions for Readmission of Former Confederate States: Members of Congress Table A.8: Conditions of Readmission of Former Confederate States: Petitions Calendar of the Thirty-Ninth Congress, First Session Notes Index

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Book SynopsisHighlights the striking similarities between the US Civil War and the Great War by analysing how the Civil War affected the American reaction to and experience in the Great War while attending to enlisted men, military officers, and political leaders.Trade Review"Finally! We needed a book just like this, and now we have it. The fascinating essays in this collection make a compelling case for some striking similarities between the American Civil War and the Great War. The two conflicts no longer seem distant from one another, but instead part of the same era. No matter your historical interests, you will learn something new from the juxtapositions made in this unique book."—Lorien Foote, Patricia and Bookman Peters Professor of History, Texas A&M University, and author of Rites of Retaliation: Civilization, Soldiers, and Campaigns in the American Civil War "Silbey and Wongsrichanalai provide readers with an important juxtaposition of the Civil War and the Great War—both essential for understanding America’s past and present. Besides their own splendid reflections, the editors also gathered a cadre of scholars who draw fascinating parallels between the two wars, anchored by Steven Trout’s thoughtful afterword."—Edward A. GutiÉrrez, director of Center for Military History and Grand Strategy, Hillsdale College, and author of Doughboys on the Great War: How American Soldiers Viewed Their Military ExperienceTable of Contents Foreword, Jennifer D. Keene Acknowledgments Introduction: Remembrance of Wars Past: The American Civil War and the Great War at Their Sesquicentennial and Centennial Anniversaries, David J. Silbey and Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai 1. “On Each Side There Emerged a Supreme Commander”: Ulysses S. Grant and John J. Pershing (and Douglas Haig), 1861-1918, David J. Silbey 2. Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Dying for One’s Country, Brian Dirck 3. African American Soldiers: The Struggle for Equality through Service in the Civil War and Great War, Debra Sheffer 4. “By Word or Act Oppose the Cause of the United States”: Loyalty in the Civil War-Era and Great War-Era America, Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai 5. War and the Shaping of American Medicine: The American Civil War and the Great War, Dale Smith and Shauna Devine 6. Healing the Unseen Wounds of War: Treating Mental Trauma in the Civil War and the Great War, Kathleen Logothetis Thompson 7. Blood and Soil: Americans and Environment in the Trenches of Petersburg and the Western Front, Brian Allen Drake 8. “We Owe Everything to Their Valor and Sacrifice”: Ulysses S. Grant’s and John J. Pershing’s Narratives of Command, Steven Trout List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1998, Like Men of War was a groundbreaking study of Black troops in the Civil War that is still considered a major contribution to the literature on the United States Colored Troops. In this chronological operational history, Trudeau covers every major engagement - and a few minor ones - that the USCT participated in.Trade ReviewNoah Andre Trudeau’s Like Men of War became an instant classic when it was first published in 1998. No other book offered the scope and depth of the Black military experience during the Civil War era and even with all the research that we’ve seen over the past twenty-five years, the book remains essential reading. Historians and general readers will no doubt enjoy and profit from this updated and revised edition." - Kevin M. Levin, author of Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth"Like Men of War is important and relevant because it remains the only extant narrative history of Black troops in the Union Army aimed at both general readers and scholars and students. Not a logistical or institutional study, Trudeau’s book breathes life into the men and battles of the U.S. Colored Troops." - John David Smith, coauthor of Soldiering for Freedom: How the Union Army Recruited, Trained, and Deployed the U.S. Colored Troops"Two distinguishing features of this book make it the most valuable compendium of the important role of Black soldiers in the Civil War. Every combat operation in which these units participated, including major battles as well as minor skirmishes, is described. And much of the evidence for consists of enlisted men’s letters, diaries, reports, and memoirs. Readers will find here the most complete account of these events." - James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era"Like Men of War remains the best traditional military history of the service of African Americans in the Union Army during the Civil War. It is wonderful that Noah Andre Trudeau and the University Press of Kansas are publishing a new edition of this classic work. No doubt the second edition will help acquaint a new generation of readers with the battlefield story of Black Union soldiers." - Donald R. Shaffer, author of After the Glory: The Struggles of Black Civil War VeteransTable of Contents List of Maps List of Illustrations Preface to the Revised Edition Preface to the 1998 Edition Acknowledgments—Revised Edition Acknowledgments—1998 Edition Author’s Note Part One: 1861–1862 Prologue 1. “A Liberating Army” Part Two: 1863 2. “Will They Fight?” Interlude: “The Power of Fear” Interlude: “A School of . . . Self-Reliance as Well as an Engine of War” 3. “The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground” Interlude: “The Question of Pay” 4. “The Question That Negroes Will Fight Is Settled” Interlude: “A Rebel Master and a Union Master” Part Three: 1864 5. “Amid a Storm of Bullets” 6. “You Are Fighting Against Your Master” 7. “With Wild, Exultant Cheers” 8. “On to Richmond!” Interlude: “This Disgraceful Distinction” 9. “I Am Ready to Die for Liberty” 10. “Saved the Colors” Interlude: “A Practice Justified by No Rule of War” 11. “Into the Very Mouth of Death” 12. “Captain, I Am Wounded; What Shall I do?” Part Four: 1865 “Ye’s Long Been A-coming” Interlude: “We Want Black Commissioned Officers” 14. “Our Errand Through the State” 15. “The Negro Will Fight & Fight Bravely” Interlude: “Their Enthusiasm Was Said to Be . . . Remarkable” 16. “Babylon Is Fallen” Interlude: Nothing Has Shocked Us So Much” 17. “That Winds Up the War” Part Five: Legacies, 1865𔃝2022 18. “This Good Work Is Only Begun” 19. Final Word(s) 20. Taps Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAddresses two constitutional issues: first, whether the states in 1860 had a right to secede from the Union and second, what significance slavery had in defining the constitutional Union. These two matters came together when the states seceded on the grounds that the system of government they had agreed to had been violated.Trade ReviewPeter Radan has produced a very learned defense of secession under the constitutions of 1878 and 1860. The author successfully challenges conventional wisdom that Abraham Lincoln was speaking unquestioned constitutional truth when in his inaugural address he pronounced Southern secession unconstitutional. The constitutional right of a state in 1787 and 1860 to secede from the Union, Radan livingly details, was at least as plausible as the conventional claim that states in 1787 and afterward had no constitutional right to secede from the Union." - Mark A. Graber, Regents Professor, University of Maryland Carey School of Law, and author of Punish Treason, Reward Loyalty: The Forgotten Goals of the Constitutional Reform after the Civil War"In this important, pathbreaking book, Peter Radan takes a close look at an idea that has been off-limits for over a hundred years: that the Confederate arguments for secession might have had some merit. With the Civil War fresh in American minds, secessionist arguments had to be branded as heresy, and they were. But now that we have more distance, we can afford to take a new and more objective look. And what we learn about injustices of the past may show the way to a more just future." - Kermit Roosevelt, David Berger Professor for the Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, and author of The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America’s StoryTable of Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Glossary Prologue Introduction 1. “An Irrepressible Conflict”: Slavery and the Union’ Territorial Expansion 2. “An Indestructible Union”: Nationalist and Compact Theories of the Constitution 3. “A Peculiar Species of Property”: The Constitution and Slavery 4. “The Constitutional Compact Has Been Deliberately Broken”: Constitutional Breaches and the Legal Justification of Secession 5. The Final Word Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExamines cases of institutional jointness among US military services from the late nineteenth century into the twenty-first century. The book draws actionable conclusions for practitioners in the defense establishment while giving examples of successful joint cooperation that overcame the difficulties inherent in pursuing it.Trade Review"This unique study will be of great value to scholars and defense practitioners alike, particularly in staff and war colleges where there is always a need for rigorous, relevant, and informative case studies. Birch and Svedin offer penetrating insights why in the past the US military either failed to achieve jointness or to sustain if it was achieved for a time. This is a timely book that will challenge assumptions, fuel arguments, and do tremendous good for the joint force."—J. P. Clark, author of Preparing for War: The Emergence of the Modern U.S. Army, 1815––1917"The Collaborative Fight provides one of the only scholarly treatments of a word that dominates life in the million-person trillion-dollar defense industry: jointness. Since the Goldwater-Nichols reforms of 1986, jointness has been the coin of the realm for the US military, whether aspirationally or actually. Matters of budget, operations, doctrine, and education all esteem jointness as a predominant virtue—yet there is little robust understanding of what it is or why it is so difficult to achieve and sustain. Birch and Svedin offer a strong theoretical and empirical treatment of the subject, with novel case studies and appropriately eclectic theoretical antecedents. In short, far too little is known about a ubiquitous Pentagon buzzword—this book helps bridge the gap."—Jeffrey Donnithorne, Colonel (Ret.), USAF, and author of Four Guardians: A Principled-Agent View of American Civil-Military RelationsTable of Contents List of Tables Series Editor’s Foreword Acknowledgments List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 1. The Collaborative Fight: US Armed Services’ Ambivalent Relationship to Jointness 2. Factors in Organizational Collaboration and Success Cases 3. The Army and Air Force Collaborate on AirLand Battle, 1973–1991 4. Cooperation in Peacetime: The Joint Primary Aviation Training System, 1988–Present 5. Air Support in Counterinsurgency, 2001–2012 6. Joint All-Domain Command and Control 7. An Empirically Informed Theory of Jointness Conclusion: Jointness Is a Collaborative Fights Appendix. Research Method and Case-Study Selection Criteria Notes Reference List Index

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Book SynopsisThe complete and definitive edition of poems from the greatest poet of WW1, Wilfred Owen2018 marks a hundred years since the end of the First World War. Owen's death in battle, a few days before the Armistice, was a disastrous loss to English letters and left a legacy of the finest poetry that vividly captured the unimaginable horrors of the Great War. This volume, edited by Oxford Professor Jon Stallworthy, gathers together the poems for which Owen is best known, and which represent his most important contribution to poetry in the twentieth century. The greatest of all the war poets.... it is Owen''s intense respect for the soldier that makes his poetry so powerful. Those who did not return have their meticulously maintained stone memorials on the fields of Flanders. But their memorial in our minds is largely built by Wilfred Owen' Jeremy Paxman, SpectatorTrade ReviewOthers have shown the disenchantment of war, have unlegended the roselight and romance of it, but none with such compassion for the disenchanted or such sternly just and justly stern judgment on the idyllisers. * Guardian, 1920 *For me, he is the greatest of all the war poets.... it is Owen's intense respect for the soldier that makes his poetry so powerful. Those who did not return have their meticulously maintained stone memorials on the fields of Flanders. But their memorial in our minds is largely built by Wilfred Owen -- Jeremy Paxman * Spectator *The greatest of all the War Poets… This edition…is a must for every poetry lover -- Emma Lee-Potter * Independent *

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Book SynopsisThroughout World War II, the loyalties of Welsh nationalists frequently came into question?and it?s long been thought that key figures collaborated with Hitler and the Nazis. In Spying for Hitler, John Humphries sets the record straight, showing that in fact Welsh nationalists deliberately infiltrated German military intelligence?and were instrumental in the creation of MI5?s Double-Cross System, which has been credited with controlling every German agent sent to Britain.Trade ReviewA John le Carre-style spy thriller with a difference - it's all true! John Humphries lifts the lid on the enduring suspicion that Welsh nationalists spied for Germany during the Second World War. Hitler promised Home Rule if Wales helped the Nazis to win. A retired Swansea police inspector was recruited to sabotage the British war effort; a U-Boat was sent to land explosives on a secluded beach; and three Cuban saboteurs arrived aboard a fishing boat. 'Spying for Hitler' even has a twist in the end. Humphries, a former newspaper editor, has applied his undoubted journalistic skills to solving one of the outstanding mysteries of the last war, one that cast a dark shadow over a resurgent nationalist movement. A gripping read, meticulously pieced together from MI5 and German Military Intelligence sources. Terry Breverton, Publisher and Author

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Book SynopsisMany aspects of Britain's involvement in World War Two only slowly emerged from beneath the barrage of official secrets and popular misconception. One of the most controversial issues, the internment of 'enemy aliens' (and also British subjects) on the Isle of Man.

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Book SynopsisMany books have been written about the Normandy landings, but Robert Kershaw brings a new perspective by drawing heavily on German and Allied sources little used in the standard accounts. The actual landings and the subsequent few days of battle often resolved themselves into a multitude of desperate small-scale struggles - for the next few yards of beach, to cross the next field, or to reach the next hedgerow. By looking at the battle at this level through the eyes of both Allied and German participants, the author is able to develop new insights into the successes and failures of both sides. He also shows why the battle for Normandy developed into the long and bitter struggle that has become so well known.The book features extracts from the German telephone log for Omaha Beach, bringing the landings to life. The author also analyses the failure by both sides to balance tank and infantry forces in the difficult Normandy terrain, and examines why the Allies, with local superiority in t

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Book SynopsisNorman Davies C. M. G., F. B. A. is a Professor Emeritus of the University of London, a Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, and the author of several books on Polish and European history, including God's Playground, Europe and The Isles.Trade Review'Norman Davies's book is a permanent contribution to historical knowledge and international understanding.' A.J.P. Taylor

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Book SynopsisKnown collectively as the ''Great War'', for over a decade the Napoleonic Wars engulfed not only a whole continent but also the overseas possessions of the leading European states. A war of unprecedented scale and intensity, it was in many ways a product of change that acted as a catalyst for upheaval and reform across much of Europe, with aspects of its legacy lingering to this very day. There is a mass of literature on Napoleon and his times, yet there are only a handful of scholarly works that seek to cover the Napoleonic Wars in their entirety, and fewer still that place the conflict in any broader framework. This study redresses the balance. Drawing on recent findings and applying a ''total'' history approach, it explores the causes and effects of the conflict, and places it in the context of the evolution of modern warfare. It reappraises the most significant and controversial military ventures, including the war at sea and Napoleon''s campaigns of 1805-9. The studTrade ReviewThis is a compact, stimulating, and at times surprisingly polemical account * The International History Review *Napoleon helped shape modern French politics, as much as he determined the nature of modern warfare... Dr Gates's book is a sure guide to the wars whose effects were felt well into the twentieth century -- Hew Strachan, Chichele Professor of the History of War, Oxford University

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Book SynopsisIn late June 1942, the dispirited and defeated British Eighth Army was pouring back towards the tiny railway halt of El Alamein in the western desert of Egypt. Tobruk had fallen and Eighth Army had suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Rommel''s Panzerarmee Afrika. Yet just five months later, the famous bombardment opened the Eighth Army''s own offensive which destroyed the Axis threat to Egypt. Explanations for the remarkable change of fortune have generally been sought in the abrasive personality of the new army commander Lieutenant-General Bernard Law Montgomery. But the long running controversies surrounding the commanders of Eighth Army - Generals Auchinleck and Montgomery - and that of their legendary opponent, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, have often been allowed to obscure the true nature of the Alamein campaign. Pendulum of War provides a vivid and fresh perspective on the fighting at El Alamein from the early desperate days of July to the final costly victory in NovembeTrade ReviewExcellent...a sophisticated, compelling and immensely readable account... Thoroughly researched, controversial, convincing... military history at its best * Daily Express *There is no doubting the author's immense scholarship... He has a first-class understanding of strategy and tactics -- Simon Heffer * Literary Review *Deserves to become the standard work on the desert war in 1942 -- Richard Holmes

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Book SynopsisThe biography of Franz Stangl, commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp - a classic and utterly compelling study of evilOnly four men commanded Nazi extermination (as opposed to concentration) camps. Franz Stangl was one of the. Gitta Sereny''s investigation of this man''s mind, and of the influences which shaped him, has become a classic. Stangl commanded Treblinka and was found guilty of co-responsibility for the slaughter there of at least 900, 000 people. Sereny, after weeks of talk with him and months of further research, shows us this man as he saw himself, and ''as he was seen by many others, including his wife. To horrify is not Sereny''s aim, though horror is inevitable. She is seeking an answer to the question which beggars reason: How were human beings turned into instruments of such overwhelming evil?Gitta Sereny is of Hungarian-Austrian extraction and is trilingual in English, French and German. During the Second WTrade ReviewAn epic examination of a Nazi war criminal * Guardian *The most gripping and illuminating account of Nazi genocide that I have read, shedding light, as she intended, on "a whole dimension of reactions and behaviour we have never yet understood" -- Stephen Vizinczey * Sunday Telegraph *She takes us sharply and deeply into the hierarchy of the death camps; the methods used; the experiences of the very few survivors, both inmates and guards -- Philip Toynbee * Observer *It is no exaggeration to call it a masterpiece -- Michael Hilton * Daily Telegraph *

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Book SynopsisThe Myth of the Blitz was nurtured at every level of society. It rested upon the assumed invincibility of an island race distinguished by good humour, understatement and the ability to pluck victory from the jaws of defeat by team work, improvisation and muddling through.In fact, in many ways, the Blitz was not like that. Sixty-thousand people were conscientious objectors; a quarter of London''s population fled to the country; Churchill and the royal family were booed while touring the aftermath of air-raids; Britain was not bombed into classless democracy.Angus Calder provides a compelling examination of the events of 1940 and 1941 - when Britain ''stood alone'' against the Luftwaffe - and of the Myth which sustained her ''finest hour''.Trade ReviewThis is a book written with style, scholarship and compassion, which can only enhance and deepen our understanding of a still critical episode in modern British history -- Ian S. Wood * Scotsman *Disturbing as it may be to those who were there, Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain and the Blitz have to be understood on one level as media events, and this Angus Calder does supremely well -- John Vincent * Sunday Telegraph *

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Book SynopsisThe scale and organisation of the Roman army was unprecedented in the ancient Western world. This book tells the story of everyday aspects of the army in the heyday of the Roman Empire from life in a tent to the food soldiers consumed and explains its hierarchy, roles, equipment and place in a vast multiethnic society divided between citizens and subjects. Everything the best history books can be: erudite, entertaining and eloquent.' Terry Deary, author of Horrible Histories Splendidly direct, clear and jargon free You are unlikely to find a clearer or more comprehensive account' Classics for All The Roman army has been immortalised in heroic art and screen epics, but what was life really like for an ordinary soldier? This book explores everyday life in the army including the experiences of women and enslaved people through a range of rare objects and testimonies. These include letters from Apion and Terentianus, young Egyptian soldiers writing home to their families; the tomTable of ContentsForewords Timeline and map Introduction 1. Enlisting 2. A soldier’s remains 3. Ranks and roles 4. Aristocracy and the army 5. Dressing for battle 6. Camp and campaign 7. Fort life 8. Soldiers in society Glossary Rulers of the Roman Empire Notes Bibliography Lenders Picture credits Acknowledgements Index

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Book SynopsisInvestigating the logic, conduct and nature of war on the highest political and strategic levels, these essays put less emphasis on operational and tactical aspects. They look at the impact of technology on warfare, the political nature of war and the limits of rational analysis in studying war.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments, War, Strategy and Intelligence: An Overview, War, Strategy and Intelligence: An Overview, Part Two: Intelligence and Strategy, Part Three: Ending War

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Book SynopsisThis text is the second of three volumes written by Colonel Glantz on the contribution of intelligence and deception operations to the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. It examines the area where intelligence and operations overlap; the nature of co-ordination between the two; and the support provided by intelligence to operational planning and execution (or the absence of such support). This is not a study of intelligence work as such, but of how intelligence can improve the chances of success on the battlefield by facilitating the more effective and economical use of troops.Table of ContentsThe nature of intelligence (Razvedka); to 1941; the first period of war; the Stalingrad counteroffensive; the Kursk operation; the Vistula-Oder operation; the legacy of war - contemporary Razvedka.

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David Glantz examines the Soviet study of war, the re-emergence of the operation level and its connection with deep battle, the evolution of the Soviet theory of operations in depth before 1941, and its refinement and application in the European theatre and the Far East between 1941 and 1945.

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Book SynopsisThis collection of texts has been taken from formerly classified material in the official Red Army General Staff journal ''Military Thought''. The results are two volumes of great scope based on archival evidence. They stand as a compulsory reference point for anyone with an interest in the operational endeavours of the Soviet Army from the 1920''s onward.Table of ContentsThe Journal of Slavic Military Studies- "What the historical development of operational art underlines is expertly conveyed in these volumes...There is vivid and abundant illustration here, tables, figures and sketches of how an "acute understanding" of operational issues, in the context of strategy, can further provide deep and original insights into future war. The relevance of that cannot be overstated.

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Book SynopsisNo war has caused greater human suffering than the Second World War on Germany''s Eastern Front. Victory in the war cost the Red Army over 29 million casualties, whose collective fate is only now being properly documented. Among the many millions of soldiers who made up that gruesome toll were an unprecedented number of Red Army general officers. Many of these perished on the battlefield or in prison camps at the hands of their German tormentors. Others fell victim to equally terrifying Stalinist repression. Together these generals personify the faceless nature of the war of the Eastern Front - the legions of forgotten souls who perished in the war. Covered up for decades, the saga of these victims of war can now be told and in this volume, A A Maslov begins the difficult process of memorializing these warrior casualties. Using formerly secret Soviet archival materials and personal interviews with the families of the officers, he painstakingly documents the fate of Red Army genTable of ContentsCol. French L. MacLean, "Slavic Military Studies", Vol. 12, No. 1, March 99"Reading "Fallen Soviet Generals" was an extremely rewarding and informative experience ... This is an outstanding work. Well-researched, with appropriate endnotes, and well-written, it contains information found nowhere else. If you are a student of World War II and are interested in the Russo-German war from either side"s porspective, then this book is a must for your library and an extremely good read."The Journal of Military History- Walter S.Dunn,Jr., Elkhorn, Wisconsin- " this collection of biographical essays provides a valuable insight into the composition of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War...The author is to be commended for his subjective interpretations of the events in each operation...The book is well worth reading.

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Book SynopsisMany books and articles have been written on wars in narrow seas. However, none deals in any comprehensive manner with the problems of strategy and conduct of naval operations. The aim of this book is to explain in some detail the characteristics of a war fought in narrow seas and to compare and contrast strategy and major operations in narrow seas and naval warfare in the open ocean..Trade Review"Naval Strategy and Operations in Narrow Seas is unique in littoral warfare literature because it is not written from an amphibious operations/Marine Corps perspective. By both merit and default it now is the very best published study of its type. I hope Vego"s contentions succeed in challenging all serving naval professionals to think and write about what we plan to do in littoral waters."Table of ContentsThe factor of space; positions; bases; theatre and its elements; strategic objectives and fleet distribution; sea control and sea denial; methods; securing command; exercising command; contesting command; attacks on maritime trade; protection of maritime trade; support of the army flank.

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Book SynopsisReginald McKenna has never been the subject of scholarly attention. The neglect of a statesmen and financier has now been redressed, in part through the natural advance of historical research, and in part due to the discovery of the missing archive.Table of ContentsOne: Beginnings, 1863-1895 Two: Opposition backbencher, 1895-1905 Three: Finance and education, 1905-1908 Four: First Lord of the Admiralty, 1908-1911 Five: Home Secretary, 1911-1915 Six: Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1915-1916

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Book SynopsisThis volume tells of the secret interrogation camp Wilton Park's history and the extraordinary life of Heinz Koeppler, its founding father.Trade Review'An interesting, skilful and successful salute to Wilton Park's unusual history and its valuable continuing contribution.' - Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) JournalTable of ContentsBehind barbed wire; a European education; POW Camp 300; captive audience; Nissen-Hut University; from the waste land; sheets and dances and tough talk; the captains and the kings depart; teach the free man; goodbye to all that?; aspiring dreams; stately home; threat; new look; new world; democracy in aristocratic dress; headhunting; warden emeritus; new regime; where there's a will; most unkindest cuts; ructions and resignations; new broom; 40 years on; luxury; new status; continuity.

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